Holder for cigarettes or the like



March 15, 1955 M, GREVEN 2,704,081

HOLDER FOR CIGARETTES OR THE LIKE Filed Feb. 25, 1955 JNVENTOR.

MIZ??? @een j United States Patent O HOLDER FOR CIGAREITES R THE LIKE Martin Green, Mahwah, N. J.

Application February 25, 1953, Serial No. 338,679

2 Claims. (Cl. 131217) This invention relates to improvements in cigarette holders and the like.

The invention has for an object to provide a novel construction of cigarette or like holder so characterized that the smoke of a cigarette or the like, as said smoke passes through the holder, is subjected to a cooling effect, and also to a condensation effect whereby to substantially remove moisture and oily and tarry constituents therefrom. To this end the holder comprises an outer part and an axially extending inner part threaded into said outer part, said inner part having longitudinally separated internal smoke intake means and smoke d1scharge means, between which extends an external spiral smoke passage of substantial length which is located intermediate said inner and outer parts; at least said inner part being made of metal, such e. g. as aluminum, which is adapted to promote the desired cooling and condensation effects.

Another object of the invention is to provide a cigarette holder or the like characterized as above stated, wherein its inner part can be readily removed from its outer part for cleansing, and wherein the disconnecting movement of said inner part relative to the outer part exercises a cleaning action upon the interior of the latter.

The above and other objects will be understood from a reading of the following description of a preferred embodiment of the invention in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which:

Fig. 1 is a side elevational view of the cigarette holder or the like according to this invention; Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same; Fig. 3 is a side elevational view of the inner part of the holder removed from the outer part thereof; and Fig. 4 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view of a modified form of the inner part of the holder. I

Similar characters of reference are employed 1n the above described views, to indicate corresponding. parts.

Referring to the drawings,the holder of thismvention comprises a'bodyv or'outer part 10 which 1s provided with an axial bore extending forwardly .therethrough from its rearward end; said bore terminatmg at its forward end in a diametrically enlarged, outwardly open, and preferably inwardly tapered seating socket 11 for the reception of a cigarette or the like to be supported by the holder in use. The borey of said body or outer part is internally screw-threaded throughout 1ts length, i. e. from its rearward end to the seating socket 11, the screw threads being indicated by the reference character 12.

The body or outer part 10 of the holder may be made of any suitable material, such as a suitable metal, a plastic, briar root or other suitable hard wood, or the like. If made of metal, aluminum has been found to be satisfactory, not only by reason of its light weight, but for the further reason that its ability to quickly conduct away and dissipate heat is high. Regardless of the particular material chosen for said body or outer part of the holder, it is desirable to provide it with a multiplicity of external spaced annular heat dissipating fins 13 along that portion thereof within which the hereinafter described inner part of the holder is located, when disposed in operative assembled relation to said body or outer part 10.

The inner part of the holder comprises an elongated, externally screw-threaded member 14 of a length, when operatively assembled with the body or outer part 10 rice of the holder, to extend through the latter from the rearward end of its bore up to the inner end of its seating socket 11. Said inner member 14 is provided at its forward end with a section of whole screw-threads 15, and at its rearward end with another section of whole screw-threads 16. These sections of whole screw-threads 15 and 16 make threaded engagement with the internal screw-threads 12 of the body or outer part 10 of the holder.

Provided in connection with the rearward end of the inner member 14 of the holder, to project axially outward therefrom, is a suitably shaped mouth piece 17, the inner end of which is diametrically enlarged to form a shoulder 18 adapted to abut the rearward end of the body or outer part 10 of the holder, when said inner member 14 is entered in operative assembled relation to the latter. This mouthpiece 17 may be formed as an integral part of said inner member 14, as shown in Fig. 2, or as a separate part suitably attached and afxed thereto, as shown in Fig. 4. In the latter case, the mouth piece 17 may be made of a selected non-metallic material, such as a plastic or like material, as distinguished from metallic material of which the inner member 14 is preferably made.

Entering into the forward end portion of the inner member 14 of the holder is an axial smoke intake passage 19, which is in communication with the interior of the seating socket 11 of the body or outer part 10 of the holder. Leading radially outward from the interior end portion of the smoke intake passage 19 is a port 20, which communicates with a smoke `reception chamber 21, which is countersunk in the external side of said inner member 14. This smoke reception chamber 21 is formed by transversely cutting away a segmental section from the externally screw-threaded surface of said inner member 14, inwardly of its forward section of whole screw-threads 15, so that said smoke reception chamber is disposed intermediate the inner member 14 and the screw-threaded bore of the body or outer part 10 of the holder.

In similar manner, entering through the mouthpiece 17 and into the rearward end portion of the inner member 14 of the holder is an axial smoke outlet or discharge passage 22. Leading radially outward from the interior end portion of said smoke discharge passage 22 is a port 23, which communicates with a smoke discharge chamber 24, which is also countersunk in the external side of said inner member 14. Said smoke discharge chamber 24 is also formed by transversely cutting away a segmental section from the externally screwthreaded surface of said inner member 14, inwardly of its rearward section of whole screw-threads 16, so that said smoke discharge passage is also disposed intermediate the inner member 14 and the screw-threaded bore of the body or outer part 10 of the holder.

Between the smoke reception chamber 21 and the smoke discharge chamber 24 of the inner member 14 of the holder, the external screw-threads of said inner member are sheared away to remove a substantial part of the height thereof, whereby to provide a section of truncated teeth 25 which, when said inner member 14 is fully screwed into the body or outer part 10 of the holder, in operative assembled relation to the latter, oppose the space between the internal screw-threads 12 of said body or outer part 10, so that said space provides a continuous spiral smoke passage 26 extending around and along the inner member 14 of the holder.

The forward end of this smoke passage 26 communicates with the smoke reception chamber 21 to receive smoke therefrom, while the rearward end of said smoke passage 26 communicates with the smoke discharge chamber 24 to deliver smoke thereto. By reason of the spiral circuit of the smoke passage 26 around and along the inner member 14 of the holder, said smoke passage 26 is of relatively great length from end to end as compared with the axial length of that portion of the inner member 14 about which it extends, approximating almost three times the latter length.

The inner member 14 of the holder is preferably made of metallic material, and desirably of aluminum, since this metal is not only of light weight but is well adapted to promote desired cooling and condensation eects upon smoke moving along and in contact therewith.

In the operation of the holder in use, a cigarette or the like C having been entered in the seating socket 11 and ignited, the user, drawing on the same through the holder, causes the smoke Ytherefrom to pass through the intake passage 19 and port 20 into the smoke reception chamber 21. From said smoke reception chamber 21, the smoke is conducted through the long spiral smoke passage 26 to the smoke discharge chamber 24, passing thence through the port 23 and smoke passage 22 into the users mouth. It will be obvious, in traversing this long path of ow, that the smoke moves in close contact with both the inner member 14 and the body or outer part of the holder, so that much of its contained heat can be absorbed by the former and conducted away and dissipated by the latter before the smoke reaches the users mouth. Furthermore, the cooling effect thus promoted also tends to condense moisture and oily or tarry constituents of the smoke, whereby separation of these substances from the smoke by deposit thereof upon the surfaces of the smoke passages, prevents the same from carrying through into the users mouth. By reason of this, the use of the holder assures that the smoke taken into the users mouth will be cool and clean, so that biting irritation ordinarily resulting from hot raw smoke is substantially eliminated.

Since the inner member 14 is readily removable from the body or outer part 10, merely by unscrewing the former out of the latter, when said inner member is removed its surfaces can be quickly wiped olf, whereby to remove any collected moisture or deposits of oily or tarry substances therefrom, thus thoroughly cleaning said inner member ready for return to the body or outer'part 10 for subsequent use of the holder. Since the forward section of whole screw-threads of the inner member 14, engages and traverses the length of the internal screw-threads 12 of the body or outer part 10, when the inner member 14 is turned out from said body or outer part, said section of whole screw-threads acts, during its outward travel, as a scraping means operative to remove any deposits accumulated upon the screw-threaded surface of the bore of said body or outer part 10, thereby cleansing the latter so that the holder can be easily kept in a clean and sweet condition for use.

Having now described my invention, I claim:

1. In a tobacco smoking device, an outer body having an internally continuously screw-threaded axial bore terminating at its forward end in means to receive smoking material, and an externally continuously screwthreaded inner member removably entered in the threaded bore of the outer body from the rearward end thereof, the rearward end of said inner member terminating in an external mouthpiece to extend from said rearward end of the outer body, the external screw-threads of said 41 inner member being formed to provide a forward section of whole-threads and a rearward section of whole threads, each adapted to make complete contact with the internal threads of the outer body, and an intermediate section of truncated threads adapted to cooperate with the internal threads of the outer body engaged thereby so as to form a spiral smoke passage between the inner member and outer body, said inner member having smoke intake passage means communicating between the smoke material receiving means and the forward end of said spiral smoke passage, and said inner member being further provided with smoke discharge passage means leading from the rearward end of said f spiral smoke passage to and through said mouthpiece.

2. In a tobacco smoking device, an outer body having an internally continuously screwthreaded axial bore terminating at its forward end in means to receive smoking material, and an externally continuously screwthreaded inner member removably entered in the threaded bore of the outer body from' the rearward end thereof, the rearward end of said inner member terminating in an external mouthpiece to extend from said rearward end of the outer body, the external screw-threads of said inner member being formed to provide a forward section of whole threads and a rearward section of whole threads, each adapted to make complete contact with the internal threads ofthe outer body, and an intermediate section of truncated threads adapted to cooperate with the internal threads of the outer body engaged thereby so as to form a spiral smoke passage between the inner member and outer body, external portions of the inner member intermediate its forward whole threaded section and truncated thread section being cut away to provide a smoke reception chamber communicating with the forward end of the spiral smoke passage, external portions of the inner member intermediate its rearward whole threaded section and truncated thread section beingalso cut away to provide a smoke discharge chamber communicating withthe rearward end of the spiral smoke passage, said inner member having a smoke intake passage leading from the smoke material receiving means to said smoke reception chamber, and said inner member being further provided with a smoke discharge passage leading from the smoke discharge chamber to andA through said mouthpiece.

References Cited in the le of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 856,045 Fling June 4, 1907 1,637,984 Bessemer Aug. 2, 1927 1,671,908 Schock May 29, 1928 1,951,665 Longrie Mar. 20, 1934 2,397,294 Schultz Mar. 26, 1946 FOREIGN PATENTS 82,647 Switzerland Mar. l, 1920 

